Audience reviews
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Gribba
Fairy Gone is an enjoyable series with a distinct dark fantasy style. The character designs are detailed, the backgrounds fit the post-war setting well, and the fairy battle scenes are dynamic and engaging. The overall style supports the mood of the story and makes it appealing to watch.
The main female character, Marlya, is shaped by deep trauma from her past, and the series does not shy away from showing how that affects her. She does tend to cry when overwhelmed, but that vulnerability is part of her character rather than her only trait, this vulnerability is balanced by her determination to improve. Over time, and with the support of her comrades and her boss, she works toward meaningful personal growth. Her development feels gradual and earned. Her development takes time, but it feel…
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I kind of understand why this anime receives both hate and praise.
The story concept is actually good, esp about how the fairies were used in war, the nature connection with fairies etc. I m not so particular with the CGI for the fairies.
However,
I feel the story doesn’t really have a good flow , and it feels like it jumps randomly to fit the story. Some characters could be expanded , and I feel like some characters are a bit shallow. Is quite sad they didn’t further expand some characters backstory, character depth or development.
The music was okay, there are some nice moments and nice instrumentals.
Overall, I feel like it’s such a shame with a really good story concept but it was let down by the lack of character and the storyline wasn’t neat.
Read at the sourceAshParth
I remembered watching bits of this back in 2019. I might've finished it all except the second half of the series. Might've been because I wouldn't know better what this anime had in store. I mean, the concept is cool and the premise sounds promising. But when you're able to give this a watch, it was technically a disappointment. From P. A. Works, too, of all places, since they'd made some good anime. Well, I guess every company has their share of stinkers in their permanent record, if you ask me. So this is the first half of the entire series as this is labeled as the first cour before we get to the second half.
The story revolves around this young woman named Marlya Noel, who was a survivor of her village being massacred by a man named Ray Dawn now working with the Biaklay Mafia family. W…
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This anime is so bad that the main thing I took away from it is “This is a great example of why 3D in anime is an awful thing.” The story is just bad. The characters suck, so much so that I find myself wishing half of them would get killed off so that I don’t have to deal with them being in the story anymore. The powers are just awful copies of Stands or Personas in a political apocalypse. The only thing saving this from being a 1 or 2 star review is the fact that it was just bearable enough to be able to watch it through to the end.
Read at the sourceVanniePon
You WANT an Anime that has Magic, Awesome Characters, Dark Spells and an interesting Story?
Here it is!
Meet Marlya and join her journey on fighting for the Fairys.
Together with the Organisation "Dorothea" she fights criminals that use Fairys for the bad. Over the time she sees a lot, meets new friends that join her and she learns a lot about Fairys.
Are they good? Are they bad? Why can't Humans and Fairys live together, side by side?
See the dark side of Anime, with a lot of blood, fights and friendship.
On my side, everyone will like this anime, if you like good fighting animations!
Read at the sourceGrizly120
I found this anime to be very good and refreshing to watch. I couldn't wait for the next episode.
It has lots of intrigue, mystery and a believable story to go along with likeable and relatable characters. I didn't know what would happen next. Also love the segue to ending credits. Helped build the momentum for the next episode.
It was harder to follow initially as all of the names and places came hard and fast. But a few episodes in you'll be hooked. Too bad there isn't more fairy gone to see but also good to only have 24 episodes.
Read at the sourceRebelPanda
Like an undetected tumor, Fairy Gone wormed its way into the popular seasonal anime before it began airing. Soon enough it became clear this show would be nothing but a cancer. I just wanted a dark fantasy anime filled with fun action scenes! Was that so much to ask for? Instead, what I got was a borderline unwatchable train wreck.
“Once upon a time, fairies were used as tools for war.”
This tagline and promising poster art were the bait at the end of P.A.Work’s fishing rod, and they successfully baited me into watching it.
Unfortunately, this is not about an army of Disney Tinker Bell fairies wielding rifles. What we got was closer to a cheap Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure knock-off; suspiciously the fifth part of Jojo was airing at the same time as this. Each main character is a soldier po…
Read at the sourceNekoCatSidhe
Honestly, I am not sure why that anime got such a low score. That show is not perfect, and it had some issues, but it really did not deserve the amount of hate and vitriol you find in the reviews here. My best guess is that it is a matter of expectations : the people leaving these reviews seemed to expect the show to be something it was not : a fast paced action shonen, or something like that. Maybe something either like Full Metal Alchemist or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
So they watched it, but instead they got a slow-paced and atmospheric steampunk Noir mystery, with morally gray characters, a complex plot full of confusing politics and original worldbuilding, and a story that was about the scars that war can leave on people and society, and about the futility of revenge and the necessity…
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Weak, very weak! Not necessarily bad, I mean, it's bad too... but it could be worse. Starting with the premise, which, despite being interesting, proves to be more of a background than a tool for building a solid narrative. The idea of "fairy soldiers" in a post-war world would open up a sea of possibility for main and secondary stories, exploring how society deals with these soldiers. I mean, it would be interesting a work with fairy soldiers full of action, fantasy, a memorable story and of course, a darker aspect so as not to lose its charm. The anime had everything to make that happen, right? Right, but he didn't, who knows if out of laziness, lack of creativity or both.
What is presented to us is a world construction worthy of laughter, only in this way the story manages to extra…
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P.A. works is a studio I have a pretty positive history with. Charlotte, Another, Angel Beats, Canaan. Seems every time I review something of theirs, I like it quite a bit. This time, we're looking at Fairy Gone. An original anime by them from early 2019. Let's take a look and hope for the best.
Story:
We open to a flashback talking about the end of a war over unification where we see two young girls fleeing their village as it's destroyed. We also hear about fairy soldiers and see a group of them throw down their arms. Cut to the story proper, our heroine, Marlya, considers herself cursed since people always seem to die around her. Obviously, she's one of the girls from the village flashback and she's searching for the other, Veronica. She's acting as a guard at a mafia auction when sh…
Read at the sourcevladmirkarmaslay
SPOILER FREE
This anime is an example of promotion . though it was enjoyable it was obviously holding back a details from the original sauce ( i am not sure if it was adapted form light novel or manga but i am guessing it is from the former ) .
Story
pretty good not much development though .
Art very good , they had CGI but its use was satisfactory , i guess the budget went to making the art rather than the story.
Character
i did not see any development with any of the characters.
English DUB
not good i thought they would put some effort but they did the average amount
i know i am being to harsh with this anime but i am upset that they are trying to hold back so much just for the sake of better manga or light novel sales
Read at the sourceN1ckWolf
On a boring day, have you ever watched a show in NatGeo or Animal Planet like how a lion spends around its day catching prey and what-nots? Interesting - yes. Educational - yes. Entertaining - a bit. Fun - well, not really. But at the end, you get to take away something good - some world fact trivia.
Fairy Gone is like one of those animes which you watch on a boring day. You know it's not going to be that great but you are hoping you can get a little entertainment.
However, unlike those wildlife shows - you are left with nothing. Except I got that little impression that it's just like watching Pokemon for grown-ups. The story is bland and confusing. The characters are forgettable. And the marriage of CGI and hand-drawn images are just mediocre.
While watching it my mind just wandered o…
Read at the sourceMGDawson
The best part about this anime is the sound and music - and sadly, everything after that is not good.
The background is a rich tapestry, yet the anime presents it almost like a kid's drawing in comparison - and it's also delivered in a rather lacklustre way. There's far too much told through flashbacks with no real reason. Is it to empaphise with the MC?
Which is another point - she's shown to be a competent fighter, well stamina'd and reasonably sturdy... until the end of episode 1. After that her aiming is horrible* she seems continually out of breath doing anything but walking, and after the initial story telling seems to be dumber than a stick of butter.
The other characters - the many, many other characters - appear for maybe 1 to 2 episodes and are never seen again. None of them…
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The Story and Art were there for a good to great anime. But unfortunately they never had any background noise or Character development to draw you in and ultimately it took away from my enjoyment of this anime. I hate that people's work turns out this way when they try so hard.
Story:
- Very Interesting with great twists along the way.
- May have been a little drug out.
ART:
- Fairies coming out was awesome and interesting.
- Character and background design was well done.
- Tried for the 3-D Fairy and it didn't work. it really took away from them. Also why do the fairies look the way they do? it was never explained in the anime.
Sound:
- Dub had clear voice acting. the main sounds (gun firing, swords clashing, heartbeats) was good but they didnt really have to much in the way of extra…
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The animation is amazing, the soundtrack is awesome, but if the story is not interesting enough, it sadly won't matter.
After the first couple of episodes, honest to god, there were some where I legit just fell asleep in the middle of it, or I kept skipping through scenes and watched entire episodes that way. I was bored out of my skull.
Fairies are basically this anime's version of weaponized Jojo stands. It's kind of unique. The story follows the members of what is something like the secret police of sorts, created specifically to oversee and control fairies in the country. But good lord, the story is a mess. You jump from one place to another, each time for something seemingly less important than the task at hand. No mission is ever really completed and you lose track of what's import…
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What do you expect from this? Don´t expect anything, just enjoy it. The Bad, the Nice and Bonus commentary.
1ST. Let´s start with the bad points. Spoiler-free.
-There´s no clear goal. That could be good or bad. For some people is bad because they need the bad guy, something to defeat like a shounen anime. However, this isn´t a shounen anime, isn´t that right? It could be good because there could be a serious plotwist in the second half (see 2nd season that started on 9th September 2019).
-This is a little biased opinion on my part, but I like FAIRIES. They don´t show how their world works in this anime. Not gonna tell you much about this ;-) I promised a spoiler-free review.
2ND. Now with the nice points.
- It´s a FAIRY anime. That means there are different types of fairies in differe…
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I have not written any reviews, and there is a reason this is my first one.
I was SO excited for this when I saw the main theme and the art styles and the first episode, was pretty solid and really got me excited for this series. So perhaps it got me too excited.
Story: let's jump around time for the first 6 episodes for flashbacks of characters that are mentioned only once. And then try to have all these majorly important characters explained only by text at the top of the screen saying who they are. And the last episode? Worst in any anime I have ever watched. I understand that there will be a part 2, but that last episode wasn't a cliffhanger. It was showing people an empty bottle of story, and then walking away from it the already bad nothingness that is the story.
And the Fairies th…
Read at the sourceEndrance88
I am so very disappointed by this show.
The first episode was decent, the animation is great, and the main character was very cute.
But that's where all the pros end. everything else is very very bad.
AND BORING
I was expecting some big epic plot to happen but all they did was look for some book while not accomplishing much of anything. They don't take their subplots anywhere
They didn't make the main character and her "stand" interesting enough.
The colors make you want to fall asleep.
The universe isn't properly explored.
IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
Avoid this anime at all costs. I thought it was going to be a great show like ergo proxy; boy was I wrong. Watch Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin instead, you'll get a lot more from it.
This youtube video pretty much sums up how I felt: https://w…
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"Once upon a time, one of the worst Anime adaptations existed", fixed that for you, MyAnimeList.
But seriously though, it's laughable how I remember my anticipation of the show from ready its synopsis before it was released, it's like that one movie you keep anticipating for a month until you're satisfied after having watched it. But Fairy Gone overwrote that kind of feeling for me by giving me a life-long implication for what to come. It was partly my fault, but Anime itself was no innocent angel either.
Originally planned to span 24 episodes, it was later announced that it was going to be a split cour of 2 parts, I don't know if that was the right thing to do to save a doomed adaptation like this, but it could go either way. Giving you a breather between the two parts to only torture you…
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I´m actually a bit surprised about the amount of hate, negative critique, bashing and low scoring Fairy Gone Part 1 has received both during and after its airtime. I really can´t understand most of the foundations of said hate and bashing either, I thought the show had several good qualities and enjoyed most parts of it. So, I will give my slightly more positive point of view in this review.
Shortly described, Fairy Gone centres around a continental scale political intrigue in a post war society. Before the war several nations existed, which most fought for its independence, but the outcome of the war was the unification of the continent under one leader and the war came to be called the unification war. In this world creatures called Fairy´s exists, which has different special abilities…
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